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1976

Vanderbilt University Law School

Developing countries

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New Directions In The Search For And Development Of Petroleum Resources In The Developing Countries, Hasan S. Zakariya Jan 1976

New Directions In The Search For And Development Of Petroleum Resources In The Developing Countries, Hasan S. Zakariya

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The developing countries have several things in common. They share, to a large extent, similar political and socio-economic backgrounds, strive to overcome similar problems, and aspire to achieve the same goals of social progress and economic welfare. Hence, the importance of coordination of their efforts towards their common objectives can hardly be overemphasized.

In order to avoid the mistakes of the past and emulate the positive gains of the present, the developing countries, in searching for and developing their petroleum resources, can and must learn a great deal from each other. The experience of some of them has been long, …


The United States Government Perspective On Expropriation And Investment In Developing Countries, Richard J. Smith Jan 1976

The United States Government Perspective On Expropriation And Investment In Developing Countries, Richard J. Smith

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The title for my presentation given in your program clearly covers two major subjects, either of which would make an ambitious topic for the relatively brief presentation I intend to make today. Therefore, for the half-hour or so that I will talk before we get into the more important and valuable exchange of ideas and discussion to follow, I have made the decision, which I hope you will agree is sensible, to deal mostly with the subject I know more about--the protection of United States private interests abroad.

But just so no one asks for his money back, let me …